Connect with SSIT members and community via the SSIT Australia LinkedIn group.

Access the group here

Did you know?
SSIT Australia is Australia's local chapter of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. Visit the IEEE-SSIT website here.

September forum: SURVIVING AS ENGINEERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Our September forum features a presentation by Mark Montrose, the IEEE Division VI Director and member of the IEEE Board of Directors. He is also a principle consultant with Montrose Compliance Services. The talk looks at the future of employment for engineers, related scientists, researchers and academics and examines challenges engineers and the engineering profession will face in the future.

The event details are as follows

Tuesday 7th September 2010, 6:00pm

Theatre 3, Alan Gilbert Building (corner of Grattan & Barry St., Parkville)

The University of Melbourne

ISTAS 2010 was an outstanding success

The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society was held in Wollongong in Australia in June 2010. The theme was the Social Implications of Emerging Technologies. The conference explored the use of automatic identification technologies, location-based services, and social networking media and their impact on human rights and the law. The conference also incorporated traditional areas of enquiry in the field of the Social Implications of Technology. ISTAS '10 was multi-disciplinary symposium aimed at bringing together specialist engineers, scientists, researchers, and decision makers from the public and private sectors to debate current issues.
Further ISTAS 2010 information can be found here.

Welcome to the Society on Social Implications of Technology - Australian Chapter

Engineers and other technologists play a major role in the world today. So it isn't surprising that an organisation such as IEEE has a Society on the Social Implications of Technology (SSIT). In Australia a local SSIT Chapter was established on the 9th of December 2005. We hold monthly committee meetings in Melbourne, and organise regular public activities around issues of interest to both engineering and non-engineering audiences. At present our areas of interest include technology usage, technology and privacy, technology and development, sustainability and ethics in engineering education.

We welcome and encourage new members.